Swift Sixteen railbus
- andymctractor
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Swift Sixteen railbus
Looking forward to this.
http://www.swiftsixteen.com/productDeta ... ductID=127
Swift Sixteen produces some very useful kits and new ones keep becoming available. I think this railbus stands a good chance of being very widely represented on many 16mm/ft railways.
http://www.swiftsixteen.com/productDeta ... ductID=127
Swift Sixteen produces some very useful kits and new ones keep becoming available. I think this railbus stands a good chance of being very widely represented on many 16mm/ft railways.
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Andy McMahon
If it moves, salute it. If it doesn't move, paint it. (RN sailors basic skills course 1968)
Andy McMahon
If it moves, salute it. If it doesn't move, paint it. (RN sailors basic skills course 1968)
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Can't wait. I do think my roster is lacking something similar. I was thinking about a model of the LMS 'Ro-Rail' (converted to NG of course) as it spent much of its short working life on a Branchline near where I grew up. (not at the same time)
Every time I think about a scratch build, some one (Normally Rob at Swiftsixteen) threatens to produce a kit that is light years ahead of anything I would build.
Every time I think about a scratch build, some one (Normally Rob at Swiftsixteen) threatens to produce a kit that is light years ahead of anything I would build.
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This has been the case for many years, in all scales. You find the one (very grainy) picture of a unique loco, use it to produce a set of drawings, produce the model and JUST as it's about finished, somebody produces a kit (or worse still, a RTR model) !!Big Jim:107002 wrote:Every time I think about a scratch build, some one (Normally Rob at Swiftsixteen) threatens to produce a kit that is light years ahead of anything I would build.
I used to have this problem (IP Engineering bought out its Welsh Highland range after I had built models of both the Ashbury summer coach and the Gladstone coach) but have found a way round it by modelling prototypes that are already being produced by kit suppliers whose kits are too expensive for my finances....MDLR:107008 wrote:This has been the case for many years, in all scales. You find the one (very grainy) picture of a unique loco, use it to produce a set of drawings, produce the model and JUST as it's about finished, somebody produces a kit (or worse still, a RTR model) !!Big Jim:107002 wrote:Every time I think about a scratch build, some one (Normally Rob at Swiftsixteen) threatens to produce a kit that is light years ahead of anything I would build.
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They're both prototypical as road vehicles, but there's absolutely NO WAY you could run a London RT (the top vehicle) on ANY sort of railway! Now the Bedford OB (the bottom vehicle) could just be feasible on a SG line (indeed, the LMS did convert a single decker coach for use as (oddly enough) a railbus ..............
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To be a real London bus you would have to be able to make several arrive at the same time, which would necessitate fitting couplings.MDLR:107049 wrote:They're both prototypical as road vehicles, but there's absolutely NO WAY you could run a London RT (the top vehicle) on ANY sort of railway!
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Andy McMahon
If it moves, salute it. If it doesn't move, paint it. (RN sailors basic skills course 1968)
Andy McMahon
If it moves, salute it. If it doesn't move, paint it. (RN sailors basic skills course 1968)
I´ve been in touch with Rob, and - no - there will be no rough sketches or similar design pics before he´s ready.philipy:107058 wrote:To get this back to the original Swift16 subject, there are now pictures of the finished bogies on their website and beautiful they do look!
Philip
"I am working off my own drawing. I'm not going to release any imagery until each master is finished. The reason is, I don't want incorrect or half finished pictures on the net and forums.
You will now see on the Railbus section, the bogies are fully finished with all pictures. I started model making there as I wanted to have something to put the body on before I started.
I'll be making the body side today and over the next few days, so hope to have the finished body in a week or so, with the whole project done by the end of January."
I for one am looking forward to the finished result.
The price is there (provisional for now I guess) - £345. Not bad... I guess that excludes the necessary gubbins to wire it up and control it... Which is unfortunate for me, 'cos that's the bit I struggle with. I reckon I'd like a railcar with R/C and working lights because I've recently discovered the joy of trundling a (battery-powered) train up and down the line from inside the nice warm house, watching its progress from the patio doors with a cup of tea - with lights I could do it at night time too!!!
The issue with railcars and point-to-point lines is that they´re designed to go forwards and often don´t have a cab at the back. I´m wondering what design Rob is planning to go for.Andrew:107061 wrote:The price is there (provisional for now I guess) - £345. Not bad... I guess that excludes the necessary gubbins to wire it up and control it... Which is unfortunate for me, 'cos that's the bit I struggle with. I reckon I'd like a railcar with R/C and working lights because I've recently discovered the joy of trundling a (battery-powered) train up and down the line from inside the nice warm house, watching its progress from the patio doors with a cup of tea - with lights I could do it at night time too!!!
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